Pacific Ocean
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US strike on another drug boat kills 4 in Pacific Ocean as outrage grows over attack on survivors
World | Dec 05, 2025, 08:23 AM ISTThe strike took place on the same day Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley attended a series of closed door classified briefings at the US Capitol as lawmakers began investigating the initial military strike on September 2.
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Why Japan sounded global alert over China's military buildup and alliance with Russia, North Korea
World | Sep 03, 2025, 06:41 PM ISTThe report highlighted a sharp rise in Chinese warship activity in the Pacific, especially near Japan's southwestern region. It noted that over the past three years, the number of Chinese naval transits near Taiwan and the Japanese island of Yonaguni has tripled.
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Miracle! Woman swept to sea while swimming with her friend in Pacific Ocean, rescued 37 hours later
World | Jul 11, 2024, 05:59 PM ISTJapanese officials stated that despite slight dehydration, the woman was in good health and walked away after a medical check at a nearby hospital.
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Remember Amelia Earhart's plane which was lost 87 years ago? US man claims to have found it
World | Jan 31, 2024, 03:02 PM ISTAmelia Earhart, a pioneer in American aviation, set out in 1937 to become the world's first woman to complete a flight of the world. The plane carrying her and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean, and became one of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries.
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Quad meet: Foreign ministers' resolve to work towards free, open Indo-Pacific
World | Feb 11, 2022, 04:18 PM ISTIn November 2017, India, Japan, the US and Australia gave shape to the long-pending proposal of setting up the Quad to develop a new strategy to keep the critical sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free of any influence, amidst China's growing military presence in the strategically vital region.
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US Navy: Submarine USS Connecticut hits object in Pacific; no life-threatening injury
World | Oct 08, 2021, 09:38 AM ISTThe officials said it was not yet clear what object the sub had struck but that it was not another submarine.
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Origin of complex life's secret may lie deep in pacific ocean mud
Science | Jan 18, 2020, 12:19 PM ISTResearchers believe that a blob-looking microbe with tentacles, found deep down in Pacific Ocean mud, that may hold the secrets about how the first multicellular life-forms evolved.
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Pacific Ocean temperature swings violently in industrial age: Study
Science | Nov 24, 2019, 01:55 PM ISTThe study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, compared chemical deposits found on present-day corals -- that are dependent on water temperature -- with similar deposits on older coral records representing relevant sea surface temperatures from the past 7,000 years.
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India, US, Japan begin trilateral maritime exercise in Pacific Ocean
India | Sep 26, 2019, 11:10 AM ISTIndia, the US and Japan on Thursday began the 'Malabar 2019' trilateral maritime exercise in the Pacific Ocean. The exercise, in which the Indian Navy has deployed two ships, will end on October 4.
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China’s Tiangong-2 space station comes down crashing on earth. Here's what just happened
Jul 19, 2019, 08:19 PM ISTChina's experimental space lab Tiangong-2 will re-enter the earth's atmosphere to fall into the Pacific Ocean today. Read more.
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Japanese F-35 fighter jet crashes into Pacific Ocean; pilot missing
World | Apr 10, 2019, 08:39 AM ISTThe jet had lost contact about 30 minutes after taking off from the Misawa Air Base. No problems with the aircraft had previously been reported.
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Boeing 737 misses runway, lands in Pacific lagoon; passengers swim to safety
World | Sep 28, 2018, 02:14 PM ISTA Boeing 737-800 aircraft has come down in a lagoon off Chuuk International Airport in Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean.
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6 Indian women naval officers steer INSV Tarini during storm
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Talking is not the answer, says Donald Trump on North Korea
World | Aug 31, 2017, 08:28 AM ISTA day after North Korea fired a missile over Japan, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that "talking is not the answer" in dealing with Pyongyang's military operations
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North Korea's Kim Jong un calls for more missile launches targeting Pacific Ocean
World | Aug 30, 2017, 08:01 AM ISTNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for more weapons launches targeting the Pacific Ocean to advance his country's ability to contain Guam
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See Pic! Pilot’s incredible click of a thunderstorm 37,000 feet over Pacific ocean
World | Jul 12, 2016, 03:40 PM ISTWashington: Flying 37,000 feet above the sea can throw up some stunning visuals, but not as remarkable as what pilot Santiago Borja managed to capture from his Nikon D750 camera en route to South America.
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February smashes global temperature record: NASA
World | Mar 14, 2016, 08:09 PM ISTFebruary smashes global temperature record: NASA
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NASA cargo spacecraft set for launch
World | Oct 27, 2014, 12:03 PM ISTWashington: The US space agency is geared up to send Orbital Science Corporation's Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).Mission managers have given the 'go' for a 6.45 p.m. (EDT)
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India, US, Japan to hold naval wargames in Pacific Ocean
India | Jul 23, 2014, 09:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Ignoring Chinese objections, the navies of India, the US and Japan will begin their Malabar-series of naval wargames in the Pacific Ocean from tomorrow.China had in the past raised objections over the participation
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What is Google building out in San Francisco Bay?
Nov 05, 2013, 10:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: San Francisco's mayor says he doesn't know what it is. Police say it's not their jurisdiction. And government inspectors are sworn to secrecy. Google is erecting a four-story structure in the heart of